why not have https for all sites

From: "scott_doyland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <scott_doyland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 31 Aug 2006 08:01:25 -0700

Hi,

Ive just set myself up with wireless access at home to the internet and
also decided to read a bit on public wireless AP's

It seems that https is very secure when using a public AP.

So why arent all sites just setup to use https, wouldnt that then take
away the possibility of people sniffing any data sent.

I know you'd still have to have other measures like a firewall to stop
people trying to access your laptop.

Regards,
Scott

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